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Table of Correspondence

BETWEEN

THE BILL, ORDINANCE No. 7 OF 1891, AND THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1914,-Continued.

SUBJECT MATTER.

BILL.

ORDINANCE

No. 7 OF

1891.

BANK-

RUPTCY

ACT, 1914.

Inquiry as to debtor's

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26

25

conduct dealings

and property.

Discharge of bank- 30

rupt.

Fraudulent settle- 31

27

26

27

ments.

Effect of order of

discharge.

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28

28

Power for court to

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29

29

annul adjudica- |

tion in certain

cases.

Description of debts

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31

30

provable in bank-

ruptcy.

Mutual credit and 35

32

31

set-off.

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30

32

Rules as to proof of

debts.

25

Priority of costs and 37

charges.

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REMARKS.

The provision for use of depositions in case of death is taken from the present section,

The clause gives the court (1) power to require a bankrupt to come up for his discharge, and (2) a power of suin- mary imprison- ment in certain These

eases. powers are taken from the present Ordinance. See also 16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 7, s. 1, and Ordinance No. 2 of 1929, s. 2. Sub- clanse (4) (b) con- taius a new provi- sion relating Chinese firms.

to

Specific provision as

to insufficiency of assets.

See

also the Bankruptcy Rules (England), Rule No. 117.

Priority of debts

34

33

Sub-clause (1) (b) includes commis-, sion.

Preferential claim in case of apprentice- ship.

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See also 16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 7, s. 2.

Landlord's power of 40

distress.

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35

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